21 Quotes by Elizabeth Drew

Propaganda has a bad name, but its root meaning is simply to disseminate through a medium, and all writing therefore is propaganda for something. It’s a seeding of the self in the consciousness of others.

The torment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and “mangled mind” leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

People are more violently opposed to fur than leather because it’s safer to harass rich women than motorcycle gangs. People are very inclined to set moral standards for others.